Defensive: Scoring · Scoring (allowed)

Total points scored. The bluntest measure of an offence, and what every other stat tries to explain.

DEF · ScoringP + N🔒
About this stat ↓

League snapshot — 2025

  • League leaderSEA 17.18
  • League average23.01
  • Best to worst12.88

All 32 teams, lower is better.

At a glance — 2025

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
SEA · 17.18
League laggard
DAL · 30.06
League average
23.01
Spread (max − min)
12.88

Year-over-year — 2025 vs 2024

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
ARI · +6.41
Biggest faller
CAR · −9.06
Most consistent
DEN · 0
League trend 2025 vs 2024
▲ 0.10

Multi-year context

7-year window (2019–2025)

Multi-year leader
BUF · 19.42
Multi-year laggard
DET · 25.59
Biggest improver
HOU · −1.44/yr
Biggest decliner
DAL · +0.84/yr

Multi-year heatmap

32 teams across 7 seasons. Cells colored by quintile within each season; click a column header to jump to that year.

Team2019202020212022202320242025
SEA24.8823.1921.5323.5923.6521.6517.18
HOU24.062926.5924.7120.7621.8817.35
DEN19.7527.8818.9421.1224.2918.2918.29
NE14.0622.0617.8220.4121.5324.5318.82
PHI22.1326.1322.6520.2425.1817.8219.12
KC19.2522.6321.4121.7117.2919.1819.29
MIN18.9429.6925.0625.1221.2919.5319.59
JAX24.8130.7526.8820.5921.8225.5919.76
LAC21.5626.632722.5923.4117.7120
LAR22.7518.5021.8822.5922.1822.7120.35
GB19.5623.0621.8221.8220.5919.8821.18
BUF16.1923.441717.8818.2921.6521.47
SF19.3824.3821.4716.2917.5325.6521.82
CLE24.5626.1921.8222.4121.2925.5922.29
CAR29.3825.1323.762224.4731.4122.35
NO21.3121.0619.7120.2919.2423.4122.53
PIT18.9419.5023.4120.3519.0620.4122.76
BAL17.6318.9423.0618.5316.4721.2423.41
ATL24.9425.882722.7121.9424.8823.59
TB28.0622.1920.7621.0619.1222.6524.18
IND23.3122.6321.4725.1224.4125.1224.24
DET26.4432.4427.4725.1223.2420.1224.29
CHI18.6323.1323.9427.2422.2921.7624.41
MIA30.8821.1321.9423.472321.4124.94
LV26.1929.8825.8224.5919.4725.5325.41
NYG28.1922.3124.4721.8223.9424.4125.82
WAS27.1920.5625.5320.1830.472326.53
TEN20.6927.4420.8221.1221.5927.0628.12
ARI27.6322.9421.5326.4126.7622.2928.71
CIN26.2526.5022.1220.1322.5925.5328.94
NYJ22.4428.5629.6518.5920.8823.7629.59
DAL20.0629.5621.0620.1218.5327.5330.06

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2025.

About this stat
Stat ID
def_team_scoring_scoring
Side
defensive
Family
Scoring
Data source
P + N
Polarity
lower is better
Display grain
count
Algorithm eligibility
Stat-page only: this stat is excluded from the Algorithm Builder per §11.36.